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. Epigraph: Pat Robertson, interview with Sojourners, September 1979. Cited in Carol Flake, Redemptorama (New York: Penguin Books, 1984). David H. Everson, "The Decline of Political Parties," in Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science, 3414, 1982, p. 52.

Larry Sabato, The Rise of Political Consultants (New York: Basic Books, 1981), p. 285.

Ibid., p. 7.

Ibid., pp. 268-9.

Ibid., p. 286.

Cited in ibid., p. 12.

Nelson Polsby, "The News Media as an Alternative to Party in Presidential Selection," in James I. Lengle and Byron E. Shafer (eds.), Presidential Politics (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983), p. 141.

Interview with authors, August 7, 1986.

James W. Davis, Presidential Primaries: Road to the White House (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1980), pp. 78-110.

Larry Sabato, p. 356.

James W. Davis, p. 78.

Interview with authors, August 8, 1986.

James W. Davis, p. 91.

Ibid., p. 96.

Jeff Gerth, "Tax Data of Pat Robertson Groups Are Questioned," New York Times, December 10, 1986.

Reid, T. R., " `Too Late' to Seek Presidency In 1988, Schroeder Decides," Washington Post, September 29, 1987.

James W. Davis, p. 84.

Ibid., p. 104.

Ibid., p. 108.

Interview with authors, August 7, 1986.